Disk 54 (and all the newer 2nd coverdisk of each issue) uses 960kB diskspare.device format. I have to work out how to make images of these (rawread just hangs), or decompress the coverdisks to the multi disk sets and image these (usually 2 AUI coverdisks decompress to about 5 or 6 disks), however I need to work out how to mount the diskspare formatted disks from wb using the diskspare.device as my 1200 has a buggered df0: and decompression script on the AUI coverdisks looks for df0: ...

I'll start having a look tonight...for the later disks would it be a better idea, since they use DiskSpare, to just take the LZX files on the disk and put them into one archive? It would be a lot easier, I think, than trying to make images of them. As I have DS installed on my system it seems the most sensible way.

Ok the rest of my disks have now been dumped and Zoned. For the rest of the disks I copied the contents off the disks rather than imaging them as adfs.

Folders are named with the disk name as appears in Workbench, and folder structure within these are maintained. The first coverdisk of each month is FFS format, the second is 960kB DiskSpare format.

Note for anyone trying to mount the real disks: These disks also did not seem to bee compatible with the later v2 of the diskspare.device which allows for 983kB disks even though the documentation indicated that 960kB disks were supported (they came us as DS1:NDOS). To mount these ones use the diskspare.device and mountlist/dos drivers in the command.lha file on the first disk of the month. You need to copy the diskspare.device to your devs directory, and the appropriate mountlist entries or dos drivers.

I've got 30 original AUI disks (untested mind, so may or may not still have the correct contents ), I''ve not checked them against what's been uploaded yet either but...

I no longer have an Amiga, so if anyone in the UK wants them I'd be happy to post them to you to keep for free (if anyone outside UK wants them, I'll happily post them to you if you contribute to the postage). This is provided you are willing to dump them to adf's & upload them to The Zone. A bonus would be if you're also willing/able to dump them for SPS.

Just a sidenote about dumping diskspare disks with rawread. It can be done but only appears to work in 68k mode, with my '020 enabled the whole machine just froze around track 53, I have tried the dump in WinUAE 1.1 and it works just fine. I'll upload disks 91 & 92 in a few minutes so anyone who is interested can take a peek.

Now i know where i got using diskspare.device, from the aui coverdisks.

Has anyone got an image/s (complete). Of any AUI disks (numbers below) they can upload here or at magix. I had in the past used diskspare.device and remember these disks, then would only backup using blockspertrack = 12 low =0 high =79.

But now i have a problem of not beign able to transfer them back to disk (adf).

Would like to play more with these, so if have an original image that is made with blockspertrack - 11 with low = 0 and high =79. I could have a chance to find out what was added and where to the disk. Then apply the same to other disks to get then working and archive them.

Or is their a tool that can make blockspertrack =12 back to = 11 without doing it manually (if it's possible).

Please image from original disks, one (any disk # above) image should do.

Or can an amiga disk have blockspertack = 12 and still be a ndos disk. If so which tool could i use to copy from RAD, DS0 or FF0 devices to an adf image. I have tried a few times df0 reports disk image is incompitable or cannot be written as to many blocks. This is even with using an extended adf, well most teating is with extended adf. Other image tools cannot or will not work with this as need to have 11 blockspertrack.

The one that should do it is Toni (WinUAE) rawread but that just doesn't want to work or know of any RAD, DS0 or FF0 devices, or a blockspertrack = 12 image file.

guys, i'm new to this forum, anyone know why I can't find the zone? i found a link but it says I don't have privaleges for using it, I would love to get my hands on the amiga user international cover disks but as I can't get to the zone I can't get the ones I want.